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Rubin Ritter, Zalando manager, resigns to “prioritize” his wife’s career

Rubin Ritter, Zalando manager, resigns to “prioritize” his wife’s career

Rubin Ritter, one of the directors of the company Zalando, will leave the first European group of ready-to-wear online in 2021 to “take a new course” to his life and give “priority” to his wife’s career. It is so unusual for this to happen that the media have elevated such a decision to the category […]

Together with ENEB, Amazon launches its own master’s degree in Online Business Administration and Management

Together with ENEB, Amazon launches its own master’s degree in Online Business Administration and Management

Amazon, the e-commerce giant, is going to open a new business line, the masters online marketing together with the European Business School of Barcelona (ENEB). In this way, users will be able to acquire their MBA in Business Administration and Management Online with live classes, personal tutors, an English course and a duration of up […]

The shareholders of CaixaBank and Bankia approve the creation of the ‘superbank’

The shareholders of CaixaBank and Bankia approve the creation of the ‘superbank’

The CaixaBank Shareholders’ Meeting approved this Thursday the absorption of Bankia to create the largest bank in the country. The ‘green light’ of the owners of the Catalan group – added to that of the Bankia shareholders last Tuesday – means the backlog for the operation to close in the first quarter of 2021 if […]

Ryanair buys 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the first firm order after the ‘refloat’ of the model

Ryanair buys 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, the first firm order after the ‘refloat’ of the model

Ryanair has signed this Thursday aagreement with Boeing for the purchase of 75 new aircraft 737 MAX-8200, bringing its firm order to 210, with a total value of more than $ 22 billion (approximately € 18,000). Boeing has thus obtained its first firm order for the 737 MAX since the plane was grounded at the […]

The Canary Islands will allow the antigen test as an alternative to PCR against the criteria of Health

The Canary Islands will allow the antigen test as an alternative to PCR against the criteria of Health

The Government of the Canary Islands has decided to allow the antigens as an alternative to PCR as valid proof to accredit the negative in Covid-19 in the visit to the archipelago, in “visible difference of criteria” with the Ministry of Health, as explained this Thursday by the spokesperson for the regional Executive, Julio parez. […]

The largest Spanish steel company requests 350 million from the Sepi rescue fund

The largest Spanish steel company requests 350 million from the Sepi rescue fund

The Rubiralta family company thus joins the ransoms requested in recent weeks by Air Europa, worth 475 million, and Duro Felguera, of another 100, to resolve their financial difficulties, according to Vozpópuli. Sources familiar with the operation have confirmed to Efe that Celsa formalized this request for aid in mid-November, which the Spanish Government channels […]

Endesa is looking for non-energy partners in its ‘Netflix’ of services to plug customer leakage

Endesa is looking for non-energy partners in its ‘Netflix’ of services to plug customer leakage

The group launched this service last October, which allows a fixed payment for electricity and gas bills without the need for a rebilling on real consumption at the end of the year. It is a new offer that seeks to give “transparency” to the receipt by always paying the same fee depending on the client’s […]

Salesforce buys Slack for 22.933 million euros

Salesforce buys Slack for 22.933 million euros

Salesforce, an American customer relationship management (CRM) company, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Slack Technologies, the organization and internal communication platform for companies, for $ 27.7 billion (22,933 million euros) in cash and shares, as confirmed by the companies. Is about the largest purchase in Salesforce history, that last year it acquired Tableau […]

Unilever tests four-day workweek in New Zealand at 100% salary

Unilever tests four-day workweek in New Zealand at 100% salary

The Anglo-Dutch manufacturer of consumer products Unilever will experiment in New Zealand from December 2020 and for a period of twelve months the implementation of the four-day work week, 80% of the usual working day, while will not apply salary cuts to those of its 81 employees in the country who join the initiative, according […]

The S&P Global agency finalizes the purchase of IHS Markit to create a financial information giant

The S&P Global agency finalizes the purchase of IHS Markit to create a financial information giant

The rating agency S&P Global announced on Monday the signing of a merger agreement with the US company IHS Markit, known for its influential $ 44 billion monthly economic activity indices. The two companies “agreed to a complete merger” that puts the value of IHS Markit “at 44,000 million dollars (about 36,700 million euros), of […]